Usefulness of Lung Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Children

Pneumonia is a life-threatening disease in children. With the current lack of universal diagnostic criteria, the diagnosis is usually made on clinical manifestations and findings from chest radiographs. Ultrasonography has recently been applied to the detection of pulmonary diseases. However, few da...

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Main Authors: Meng-Chieh Ho, Chin-Ru Ker, Jong-Hau Hsu, Jiunn-Ren Wu, Zen-Kong Dai, I-Chen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957214000965